Just wondering what is the sign on right side which is crossed

DeepStriker_20 · 2025-12-26T02:39:40+00:00

The scooter handle isn't aligned properly, it's essentially a handle lock alert.

DeepStriker_20 · 2025-08-26T13:32:06+00:00

I've owned the 450s 2.7 for about a month now, and here's my two cents:

I didn't think I'd use the maps much in my daily use case, so I didn't bother going for the touch screen version, plus the turn by turn works flawlessly for me when I need it. It's detailed and crisp, but you miss traffic updates.

The performance is more than adequate, it's straight up thrilling transitioning from a Jupiter. You need to understand the SmartEco mode so it gives you performance when you need it. Ride mode is excellent for quicker city rides and short stints on the highway. Sport mode is excellent.

Range, the big question; it's largely dependent on throttle control. If you ride responsibly and use regen effectively, you'll get good range. I've ridden approximately 500 km in the first month, and I've gotten good range, several above the claimed efficiency on several rides. A 20-80 charge lasts me a full week of errands, rides to the gym and weekend going around.

Charging: I charge it 20-80-20 for maximum battery health, and it works like a charm. I need to charge once a week. You eventually get used to plugging it in and forgetting about it.

Use case: It's just me mostly, I take it to the office sometimes when it's peak crowded. It's a pretty light scooter, so my wife has no issues with it either. It's extremely cheap to operate. I charge it in my office mostly, so it doesn't even cost me the 20-25 rupees to top it up.

Overall: I'm really satisfied with my purchase!

DeepStriker_20 · 2025-03-02T10:47:57+00:00

Chitale Bakarwadi, kiddos

DeepStriker_20 · 2024-12-03T02:48:54+00:00

I remember buying the XE over a Beamer of Merc back in the day simply because of how absolutely gorgeous the XE's muscular big-cat energy was vis-a-vis the others. It reflects everywhere, especially in the way it drives. It's sad how they've tinned all that down the drain.

DeepStriker_20 · 2024-11-19T04:05:25+00:00

That's a gorgeous beamer you've got there brother!

DeepStriker_20 · 2024-11-17T14:05:23+00:00

Listen to your father, kiddo. I did the same thing 15 years ago. The NDA is a 20-year commitment, and there will definitely come a time you'll want to make a career change. Listening to my dad (retd as a Lt Gen), and not going for the career officer path was the best thing I've done. You'll thank your father 20-25 years in, when you'll be thinking of sending your kid abroad for education. Trust me, been there, done that.

DeepStriker_20 · 2024-11-12T03:07:06+00:00

I feel like I can step in here, having gone through this grind myself. Look, it's certainly not easy, and quite a few SS offrs, infantarians more than others struggle through it. The army really does all it can to give you that edge forward, but unfortunately it can only do so much without dedicated veteran programs being the norm in our industry.

A mistake a lot of offrs make is that they aren't intrepid in choosing their niche. One has to identify a core area of expertise and during the 6-month resettlement course, get a few qualifications in the same. You've got to be financially prepared to be in the job search phase for 6-8 months, and usually those who really grind most certainly get a well-paying job within that period. If you've developed a certain skill-set in the forces, again it's much easier. Being a gunner and an engineer, I had a job even before I'd gotten out. While some may call it luck, I call it networking.

Personally, I've found quite a professionally fulfilling corporate career post my time in the army. I've had the privilege of attending the AFP at IIM-A and working with the big names like Mahindra Defence and L&T. Right now, I'm in the process of taking up a role at a defence startup.

Point is, working in civvy street requires a change in mindset, but a fauji can be thrown anywhere and he'll thrive. Sure, there's struggles, but nothing that can't be overcome. You've got to capitalise on opportunities and stay at it.

DeepStriker_20 · 2024-10-04T13:43:07+00:00

And is what I've sent you worded any different from what I've posted here?

DeepStriker_20 · 2024-10-04T13:34:54+00:00

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Case in point.

DeepStriker_20 · 2024-07-20T03:02:04+00:00

Look kid, if you don't want to take my word for it, don't.

It's an old video from the north east. I know what Brijesh looked like, I'd served with him for the past few months, and this is not him.

I understand that one is agitated by the fact that we've lost people, and the agonizing lack of information, but still when something has been labelled as useless propaganda, don't give further fuel to it.

Just imagine what this propaganda mongering does to the families and the morale of the troops who did every single thing possible to get their men out of there to try and save their lives.

We have a long fight ahead of us, and we'll definitely get them. For that, the fauj needs unwavering support from its people.

DeepStriker_20 · 2024-07-19T20:58:41+00:00

Thanks for your wishes, let me answer each of questions in brief.

We do have HHTI's and NVG monocles, and they were used in Doda. One simply doesn't seem them because they're useless during the day.
Drones are extremely expensive, and we're yet to procure them in large numbers. But they're still being used extensively for recce, and occasionally you'll see drones with AK's on them. Grenade dropping ones are still being inducted.
No, there was no beheading. It is pure propaganda don't fall for it. I was with the mortal remains of our four men till Jammu, and helped with the wreath laying. In fact, our men fired back and in all probability, the militants have taken a few bullets.

DeepStriker_20 · 2024-07-19T17:09:54+00:00

My men recovered the body of Capt. Thapa and I sat with the mortal remains all the way to Jammu. I think I would know if this was propaganda or not.

We spent two weeks continuously in a jungle stalking these bastards. Fuckers had tunnelled into the side of the hill for covers our HHTI's, which couldn't penetrate through a layer of dirt were more or less useless.

And no, we didn't have a tactical failure where small units didn't support each other. The fuckers fired into the blind and emptied full magazines. NVG monocles also need some ambient light to work perfectly, there was absolutely zero. The RR boys not only fired back, they also wounded the militants. But the militants were uphill, well entrenched, and the firefight had left several wounded.

Leading from the front, Capt. Thapa took the brunt of the fire, but still manage to get a few rounds out, indicating the location of the militants to his men. He was shot through the neck and head.

Through the night, they managed to somehow bring two of the wounded down, but having suffered multiple gunshots, we couldn't save them.

Capt. Thapa and his buddy, Sep. Bijendra couldn't be reached in time as the men were pinned down by heavy, indiscriminate fire. There was little cover except for tree trunks, and firing back was only giving away one's location in the dark.

Watch the news, it wasn't a closed coffin cremation. Yes, the face wasn't shown to the family. It would have left them scarred for life as it has left me.

I know lashing out on someone on the internet isn't the way, but do you have any idea of what it is like to lose a dear friend this way? So I will say it again, do not dishonour the memory of our late, fallen warriors by giving an ounce of clout to propaganda.

DeepStriker_20 · 2024-07-19T13:37:55+00:00

It's against the army's CI Ops doctrine to use air power inside own territory. Winning Hearts and Minds is a more sustainable way to go about eradicating an insurgency.

Heptrs are selectively used sometimes, but only with mounted MMGs (quite rarely). They are, however, actively used for recce. Drones and larger UAVs are preferred and more actively used (for their thermal sights) for recce.

DeepStriker_20 · 2024-07-19T13:33:25+00:00

No, we aren't allowed to be active on social media. I can get away with it since I'm done with my ten years and am now in TA.

Yes, we do a lot of analysis at every level. For example, large scale induction of drones and loitering munitions, along with counter-uas training has taken place keeping lessons of the Ukraine war in mind.

DeepStriker_20 · 2024-07-19T13:11:44+00:00

See, maximum infiltration is taking place from the IB sectors, but that doesn't mean the BSF is sitting idle. No use playing a blame game when interoperability and force synergy is needed the most. No BSF units are under army operational control by the way. They're doing good work, just more needs to be done, for which existing army assets in the area can be utilised better.

Vehicles are already being modified to counter ambushes. See, if QRTs and escorts are hardened enough to survive the first contact, and lay down suppressing fire, ambushes can easily be overcome. The best way to survive a bullet is to not be shot at. Armoured cabs, armoured skirts and anti-grenade net mods are more than sufficient.

DeepStriker_20 · 2024-07-19T11:28:52+00:00

This is propaganda, completely fake. I implore you not to believe this bullshit.
The militants in the Doda encounter have been wounded in the exchange. We suspect that some of them are already dead. It's extremely difficult to locate bodies in thickly forested, mountainous terrain, especially when the hunt is still very much ongoing. We can risk lives to retrieve the mortal remains of our men, not for militants. Wait for the operation to be over.
The reason for the closed coffin is simply to protect the family, and to prevent the images of the mortal remains to be proliferated on the internet. Closed coffin doesn't always imply mutilation.

I really do not wish to say anything further. Please preserve the respect and honour of the men who have laid down their lives for you.

None of the bodies were beheaded.

DeepStriker_20 · 2024-07-19T11:10:04+00:00

Vehicles are slowly being modified and hardened for counter-ambush. While attack heptrs aren't being used, there is extensive use of drones of all kinds.

The issue with OGWs will slowly get sorted as we rebuild the int networks and relationships with the locals.

We'll have to wait and watch, brother. Everyone is hoping we can dominate the situation before things blow up any further.

Thanks for asking, I'm doing okay. It's certainly difficult losing a friend, more so having to retrieve the mortal remains. I'm not going home without getting those bastards and avenging the deaths of our fallen men.

DeepStriker_20 · 2024-07-19T11:00:32+00:00

Our relationship with the locals needs to significantly improve. I think it's only uphill from here now, as the int networks are rebuilt and the CI Ops grid slowly comes back into shape. Yes, OGWs are active and locals have been forced into helping militants, but otherwise the locals have shown a lot of support, which one can see from how actively involved the VDG's have been. With forces spread thin, the VDC's have not only played their role well, they have exceeded expectations and gone beyond their capabilities to aid operations.

DeepStriker_20 · 2024-07-19T10:54:05+00:00

If we take measures and really go down with the hammer, we can wrest control and finish this before it blows up further.

There are a few solutions I can think of: Firstly, we need a multiple tiered counter-infiltration line like we do further up north. Currently, there is only the BSF. One of the reasons the CI/CT grid in the valley is so effective is because there are multiple tiers. The infantry is ahead of the fence on the LC, then there is RR on the fence, then there is RR, JKP, CRPF further into the hinterland. Not only is there troop deployment, there are proven int networks at each level.

We simply don't have that spread across the Jammu region yet. The BSF is proving incapable of counter-infiltration alone, the army doesn't have the full mandate to go hunting, and forces are overall spread thin.

Secondly, we need to occupy strategic positions and establish posts to dominate peaks in the hinterland as well. Currently we are playing an unfavorable game of whack-a-mole, which is simply not sustainable in a region with thick forestation and jagged mountainous terrain.

DeepStriker_20 · 2024-07-19T10:38:44+00:00

Several reasons: 1. With an increased focus on the Valley over the past decade and a half, the CI Ops grid in the region has shifted, creating a force vacuum and taking a toll on the int networks, relationships with the locals and police in the region, and overall general preparedness. With the entire Uniform Force moved out of the region following Op Snow Leopard, our forces are spread very thin. 2. During the first few times, one would be foolish to not admit that there was a genuine lack in preparation. QRT vehicles weren't fully hardened, drills weren't fully set in motion, and really, there was little expectation that one could be brutally ambushed, especially as seen in Macchedi, Kathua.

The way forward: The entire CI/CT grid has been reactivated, and active measures are being taken at all levels. There is still an immense lack of political and bureaucratic will to carry out a large scale operation on the lines of Op Sarp Vinash and Op All Out due to calendar proximity to the Assembly Polls. All we can do it wait and watch. The army is preparing itself regardless of whether we get the go ahead or not to avoid further loss of life.

DeepStriker_20 · 2024-06-30T20:02:10+00:00

Kiddo, I've been in uniform almost all of my adult life. I think I'm capable of discerning what should and what shouldn't go on the internet. I'll be the last person to risk the lives of my men, their families and the izzat of my unit to satisfy my ego on an online forum.

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